What Constrains Liquidity Provision? Evidence From Hedge Fund Trades

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Francesco A. Franzoni

Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano); Swiss Finance Institute; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Alberto Plazzi

Universita' della Svizzera italiana; Swiss Finance Institute

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Date Written: May 30, 2013

Abstract

The paper investigates the determinants of limits of arbitrage for liquidity providers. Using data on institutional transactions, we compare hedge fund trades to those of other institutions. We find that hedge funds' liquidity supply is more relevant for stock-level liquidity, but it is also more exposed to financial conditions than that of other institutions. We identify leverage, low redemptions restrictions, asset illiquidity, and reputational capital as a sufficient set of characteristics that explain the exposure of hedge funds' liquidity supply to funding conditions. Finally, we find that the trades of financially constrained hedge funds underperform for at least one quarter following negative funding shocks.

Keywords: hedge funds, limits of arbitrage, liquidity provision, trading costs, funding liquidity

JEL Classification: G20, G23

Suggested Citation

Franzoni, Francesco A. and Plazzi, Alberto, What Constrains Liquidity Provision? Evidence From Hedge Fund Trades (May 30, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2336051 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2336051

Francesco A. Franzoni

Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano) ( email )

Swiss Finance Institute ( email )

c/o University of Geneva
40, Bd du Pont-d'Arve
CH-1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

London
United Kingdom

Alberto Plazzi (Contact Author)

Universita' della Svizzera italiana ( email )

Via Buffi 13
CH-6900 Lugano
Switzerland

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Swiss Finance Institute ( email )

c/o University of Geneva
40, Bd du Pont-d'Arve
CH-1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland

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